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BIBLIOTHERAPY: Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism by Stanley Rosenberg
psychotherapy, healing, counseling, bibliotherapy, self-regulation, somatic tools Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN psychotherapy, healing, counseling, bibliotherapy, self-regulation, somatic tools Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN

BIBLIOTHERAPY: Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism by Stanley Rosenberg

Stanley Rosenberg is an expert cranial sacral and Rolfing bodyworker with over 30 years of experience. He wrote, Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism as a practical guide to understanding cranial nerve function for psychological and physical well-being, building on Stephen Porges’s Polyvagal Theory.

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Bibliotherapy: Ilene Smith’s Moving Beyond Trauma
bibliotherapy, self-care, psychotherapy, trauma Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN bibliotherapy, self-care, psychotherapy, trauma Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN

Bibliotherapy: Ilene Smith’s Moving Beyond Trauma

I loved an analogy she used about leaning into emotions verses avoiding or resisting them. Imagine pushing against a heavy object such as a boulder, think of the effort and resistant you experience? Now imagine leaning into the boulder, what happened to the resistance in your body? Maybe you sense support and relaxation instead? We need to lean into our sensations to move through them and find health and ease.

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